, 1887-11-24
Pickings-

Seattle Times: The first mail train
on the new schdule, left the city yes
teTday and was made up of Northern
Pacific passenger coaches, engine, etc
Another train left In the afternoon.
Iron orc Of varions kinds and var
ious other ores are being discovered
so profusely in Kittitas County that
it is hard to keep track of the finds.
kittitas County is becoming great
mining region.
There are now confined in the Ter
ritorial penitentiary at Walla Villa
1O7 prisoners. One of these is a
woman from Seattle, two are colored
men, one Chinaman and four Indians
and the others of different national
tiles
1t is claimed that one apple tree in
the Walla Walla Valley this season
bore 1900 pounds of fine fruit. Clark
County has numper of cherry trees
which come up to that, and one tree
which has record Of 1000 pounds in
Ope season.
About forty men are working on
the railroad bridge at Pasco, across
which the train expect to be running
by December 10ta The pies are
already in place, although not yet
filled with concrete, and iron is be-
ing laid in pilings.
"Oh, DEAR" sighed Widow Zones.
IF John had only made a will there
wouldn't be all this trouble about the
property" DO the lawyers bother
yout" Bother me? they almost
worry me . death! | declare L
sometimes wish John hadn't died" :"
l. is said that the Vancouver Kick
itat and Yakima Railroad will enter
the mouth of the Nasty Greek. The
grade over the Cascade Mountains is
sad to be a remarkable easy one, and
no tunnel will be benecessary. Engin-
GERS made q reconnaissance of this
point during the present week.
The repairs on the steamer George
E. Starr haze been completed, but
the vessel will not be put into service
again before Dec. 1st The engine
and boiler have been generally re-
paired, and the cabin painted inside
and out in the same coiors us hereto
fore. 1t has not yet been decided on
which route she will be placed but
will probably take the Emma Hay
wards place on the Tacoma Seattle
route.
A special TO the New York World
from Savannah, dated she 18th, says:
a church fight, with the sectional
issus as its principal feature, ended
today in a refusal by the Indepen-
dent Presbyterian congregation, by
vote of 1S5 to 119, to invite Rev.
Leonard Noolsey Bacon, ID. D., son
of tho famous New England clergy
man OF that name, to become its per
mnnent pastor. Last summer DIR.
Bacon gave expression to sentiments
in his Fourth of July grafton that
were not approved of by the Congre-
CATION.
Tho exports of silver from the
United States during September last
amounted in value 10 S2,77S,S00, as
compared with $2,492, ,33S worth ex-
ported during September 1886, show
ing an increase of $2S6,462 in The
value of last months exports. For
the twelve months ending Sept 80,
the silver exports amounted in value
to s2G, ,522, 73S, as compared with S27. =
456, ~ worth exported during the
same period ending September 80,
1856, showing a decrease of 1898, 1856
IN the value of the silver exports dur
ing the period just ended
A society has been formed i'll Sitka
for the purpose of establishing mu-
scum, in which will be collected to
gether from the various sections of
the territory specimens of ths flora
and fauna, native carvings and MEM
bers of the many species of the tinuy
tribe found in Alaskan waters. The
building IS to cost $1,000, the greater
portion OF which has already been
promised by supporters of tue mOVe-
ment. 1t Is expected that the muse
um will be opened next summer be-
fore tho tourlrt season sets IN. Some
fifty fine specimens of curious birds
and carvings have already been con-
tributed.